Message Board Lingo

[Ms.Matrix]

I have been noticing that some of our geeky geeks have been asking what certain abbreviations on the board mean. Well wonder no more and fear no longer, about the little odd phrases and abbreviations you see around here, Ms. Matrix has come to your aid!! So no more trying to figure out "just what the heck is an IMO?" In this handy little article I will give you a crash course in Geeky "Netlingo." Don't worry this won't hurt a bit!

Although most of these are widely known and common throughout the internet I have made sure to include a few of our industry abbreviations as well, you will notice these abbreviations highlighted in RED.

For those who have teenagers at home who love to IM and chat I am in the process of adding the abbreviations for commonly used items found in teenage chatrooms. These additions will be noted in BLUE, other new additions to this dictionary are noted with an asterisk*

...and here we go...

A/S/L - Age/Sex/Location*
ATM - At The Moment
AKA - Also Known As
B2B - Business To Business*
B4 - Before
B/F - Boyfriend
BFF - Best Friend Forever*
BRB - Be Right Back*
BTW - By The Way
CIAO - Goodbye In Italian
CRC - client record card
CYA - See Ya
DH - Dear Husband
DIY - Do It Yourself
DS - Dear Sister
DW - Dear Wife
FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
FAV/FAVE - Favorite
FYI - For Your Information
G/F - Girlfriend
HB - Hurry Back*
Hehe - A laugh or a giggle
HTH - Hope This Helps
IDK - I Don't Know*
IM - Instant Message
IMO - In My Opinion
IMHO - In My Humble Opinion or In My Honest Opinion
L&P - Liquid & Powder
LOL - Laugh out Loud or Lots of Laughter
LMAO - Laughing My Arse Off
M8TE - Mate
MMA - Methyl MethAcrylate
MWAH - The sound a kiss makes
NNO - Natural Nail Overlay
NSS - Non Standard Salon
NVQ - National Vocational Qualification
OMG - Oh My God

PITA - Pain In The Arse
PLZ - Please
PMSL - P*** Myself Laughing
PM - Private Message
POV - Point of View
POS - Parent Over Shoulder*
P&W - Pink & Whites
ROFL - Rolling on the floor Laughing
ROFLMAO - Rolling On the Floor Laughing My Azz Off
ROFLOLPIMP - Rolling On the Floor, Laughing Out Loud, Peeing In My Pants
SMH - Shaking My Head
THX - Thanks
TMI - Too Much Information
TTFN - Ta Ta For Now
TTYL - Talk To You Later
T2YL - Talk To You Later*
TY - Thank You
TYVM - Thank You Very Much
WTF - What The F***
WTG - Way To Go
WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get
YW - Your Welcome
9 - Parent Watching*
99 - Parent No Longer Watching*

Thx 4 coming by my little article on netlingo, TTFN and I HTH!!